Western Tri-state League changes Pendleton schedule
At a directors meeting the Western Tri-state League amended the baseball schedule moving Pendleton games to Boise for the weeks starting May 25 June 25 July 23 and August 27 while Pendleton will play at La Grande the weeks starting June 4 July 16 and August 24. Games at Walla Walla shift to July 2 and August 6. Directors Sweet Lincoln and Frazier attended the meeting. Walla Walla’s director sent a proxy.
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Pendleton
Boise
la Grande
Walla Walla
Taft Opens New Jersey Campaign With 53 Speeches
President Taft began efforts to boost his Republican presidential bid in New Jersey. He plans a five day campaign tour by automobile, delivering fifty three set speeches across the state starting today.
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New Jersey
Taft
Noiseless World Dreamed by Harvard Otologist
Dr Clarence John Blake of Harvard Medical School envisions a quieter future in which clamor and clangor are minimized. He argues there is no reason society cannot adopt a noiseless world and that excessive noise is unnecessary, a topic to dominate the upcoming International Otological Congress at Harvard in August.
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Blake
Clarence John Blake
Cambridge
Mass
Science
Harvard Medical School
Europe
Masses Educated to Drinking Level Sparks Night School Talk
A satirical piece rails at liquor consumption rising with education, citing Lombroso and night school demand. Cafes, libraries in meals, drink coupons, dictionaries, and encyclopedias are teased as promotions to boost business by expanding customers’ “brain.”
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Cesare Lombroso
Lombroso
Heidelberg
Jale
Barnard
Barleycornell
Dr. Eliott
Newsy Notes of Pendleton Highlights Births and Marriages
A baby girl was born this morning at Mrs. Lulu Smith’s home on Water Street to Mr and Mrs John F Wyrick of Helix. A marriage license was issued today by County Clerk Frank Salling to Charles Barrow and Clara Boddy of Athena. F 8 Robinson plans to publish an Atlas of Umatilla County showing land titles and townships. Presbyterian Sunday school plans a river picnic next Saturday, 10 am at the church. George W Proehbster sues for 219.16 on a promissory note against E Abrahamson. Plez and Barscum Doane, charged with wool theft from John Wynne’s sheep, are bound over to the grand jury on 750 bonds each.
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Lulu Smith
Water Street
John F. Wyrick
Helix
Frank Salling
Charles Barrow
Clara Boddy
Athena
George A. Ogle
F. 8
Sumlay School
Presbyterian Sunday School
George W. Proehbster
Weston
E. Abrahamson
Peterson & Wilson
Plez
Barscum Doane
John Wynne
Echo Hearing Over Water adjudication in Echo unlikely to finish by June 10
Local attorneys say the hearing on waters of the Umatilla and tributaries at Echo before Water Commissioner Cochran will not conclude before June 10. Only one witness has testified, Eric Ericson, reclamation service engineer, addressing irrigated lands, ditch capacities, laterals, and measurements for Pioneer Ditch and Courtney Irrigation companies.
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Echo
Umatilla
Cochran
Eric Ericson
Reclamation Service
Pioneer Ditch
Courtney Irrigation
Ti-Co-Ne Takes Joy Ride To Jail
Ti-co-ne, a notorious drunkard, enjoyed a joyful outing before being hauled to the police station. He slept on a residence street sidewalk then woke to learn he would be jailed. Judge Witz Gerald sentenced him to three days in the bastile.
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Ti-Co-Ne
Brown Dies He Is Slated for Chairmanship
Columbus May 23 Walter Brown state manager of the Roosevelt forces today denied the report that he was slated for the chairmanship of the national Republican committee in the event of Roosevelt's nomination for the presidency at the Chicago convention.
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Columbus
Walter Brown
Roosevelt Forces
National Republican Committee
Roosevelt
Chicago
Emanuel Receives Panama-Pacific Exposition Commission
King Victor Emanuel and Premier Giolitti welcomed the Panama-Pacific exposition commissioners in Rome on May 23 as they toured Europe to promote the San Francisco fair planned for 1915.
Drake Attacks Woman. Elderly Woman Dies From Fright
Mrs Newman aged about 70, mother of a dozen, was chased by a Pekin drake in the Coleman yard. She fell while fleeing and the bird attacked her with its bill. Neighbor Lissie Hall aided her, and Dr Bray Timstead pronounced death an hour later from fright and exhaustion.
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Clement Coleman
Coleman Yard
Lissie Hall
Drake
Explorer Finds Cold hardy fruits and grasses for Northwest
Frank N. Myer of the Department of Agriculture returns from two and a half years abroad with a Siberian bush cherry surviving near 40 degrees below zero and an apricot that survives 30 below. He also reports alfalfa and various grains that endure extreme cold, sent to the United States for use by farmers in Minnesota the Dakotas Montana and other northern states.
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North
Part
Washington
Frank N. Myer
Department of Agriculture
Russia
Siberia
Central Asia
Myer
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Cow on Tour Stirs Norwich Store Chaos
Beef on the hoof priced high in Norwich New York as a Holstein cow bolted through Main and Broad streets. The animal rode stairs into a department store cloak department after poking into a law office, causing hysterics among women clerks and drawing crowds as shoppers watched the animal browse the racks.
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Norwich
N. Y
William H. Sullivan
Hysterica
Direct Testimony Against San Diego Vigilantes
In San Diego on May 23 direct testimony claimed J M Porter, a leading vigilante, threatened IT W W Attorneys Moore Robbins and their stenographer J W Rollins during a contempt hearing against Porter for alleged threats by W W Lenbrook.
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San Diego
J. M. Porter
W. W
Moore
Robbins
J. W. Rollins
Porter
W. W. Lenbrook
DIES OF SCARE AT A DRAKE IN PHOENIXVILLE
Mrs Mary E Newman longtime Phoenixville resident died reportedly from fright after an attack by a drake. The incident left her exhausted as she tried to escape. Local authorities are investigating the event surrounding the animal attack.
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Phoenixville
Mary E. Newman
Cow incident ends with rope rescue on stairs
The proprietor attempted to guide a cow into an elevator to reach ground floor. The animal began ascending to the fourth floor when the owner arrived, threw a rope about her neck, and, with assistance, dragged her to the street.
Saving His Own
A fragmentary dialogue piece features a suggestion to open a bank account in a wife’s name to teach money value. The reply notes the wife used funds to pay many bills, thwarting the plan and extending the speaker’s anticipated financial relief. The snippet ends with a cryptic social cue about meeting people with a smile when treating.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
Lippincotts
Chicago Tribune Quote About Quitting Smoking Cigars
A Chicago Tribune excerpt notes a person stating they have already quit smoking their own cigars. The brief quote emphasizes cessation and personal resolve without further context.
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Chicago Tribune
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